November 8
Park(ing) Day 2016
People take over parking stalls for one day!
Downtown Partners, the Sioux City Blue Zones Project, SIMPCO and the City of Sioux City are asking the community to participate in Sioux City’s first Park(ing) Day event on Friday, September 16 in downtown Sioux City from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Park(ing) Day is an international event held on the third Friday of September where parking stalls around the world are transformed into creative, interactive spaces for the day.
PARK(ing) Day originated in San Francisco in 2005 and has grown into a global experiment in reclaiming parking spaces for social exchange, artistic expression and recreation. The event prohibits use of parking stalls for vehicles and instead focuses on activities that promote meaningful interactions and experiences with the community. Previous PARK(ing) Day spaces have been turned into outdoor classrooms, interactive art studios, lawn games, public reading rooms, open poetry readings, back porches, yoga classes, dog parks, comfortable seating areas, outdoor playgrounds and life-size chess tournaments.
A place to engage and interact!
Over 25 spaces have been selected to turn 8×16 feet parking spaces into green interactive spaces in a walkable 1.8 mile loop around Downtown Sioux City. Businesses and organizations such as Sioux City Growth Organization, Northwest AEA, Jitters and many others will host activities like a puppy bowl, a kite flying exhibit, a furniture rehabilitation class and even a formal tea party. The event is free to the public. Please see the attached map here for zones and route.
For more information, please contact Ragen Cote, Downtown Partners, at (712) 252-0014, or Denise Salem, Sioux City Blue Zones Project, (712) 577-4157. For inspiring images and history of the event, please visit my.parkingday.org.